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Summary: The most wonderful way to learn about the birth experience!
Review: I am expecting my first child and am of course being bombarded with information. Also, b/c I am planning a natural drug free childbirth I constantly have to defend my decision to not have drugs and use a midwife to naysayers. This book has been so empowering to me on different levels. It was a Godsend with respect to learning about the birth experience on my terms versus the scientific classroom setting. Also, now I feel better armed to defend my non-traditional birth plan. I am more confident than ever and hope I can release my rational self and let my body do it's work. If it means, rocking, swaying, and singing like Zelda I know it's okay.
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Summary: Couldn't put it down.
Review: I just finished this book. It was wonderful. Peggy Vincent takes you on a wonderful journey through her career as a nurse in OB, and then as a midwife. Being a nurse myself, I found this a most enjoyable read. You felt like you were right there with her with her home deliveries. Her writing is very good...like I said, she made you feel like you were right there with her. The deliveries were different in each way. As was also the people that she met. After all this was the San Francisco area. Her discription of the characters was facinating....and when she described her first impressions of them...it usually wasn't how they really turned out to be. My favorite characters were the teenage parents, Naeema and Hameed. Peggy had delivered Hameed, now he was grown up and having children of his own. It was also facinating how the husbands would help with the delivery. It was interesting the way Peggy's children related to her and her career. Some times they were embarrassed by the "Placenta Lady". Other times they were proud of her. The story that her son told her about the Spirit Baby was wonderful also. Each Chapter is about a birth. And each is different. I hated what happened to Peggy in the end. It was a shame that she had to be dragged through something that wasn't her fault. I Just hope Peggy writes more books. I would have given this book 6 stars. And I hated for it to end. Read it, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: inspirational stories about real midwife attended births
Review: the author tells stories of many births she has attended, all fundamentally the same (a baby is born) but so different in the details. it shows how different(and amazingly beautiful) each woman's labor and birth experience is. ms. vincent is a wonderful storyteller, and starts at the beginning of her career, with what inspired her into midwifing and all the way up to the end of her career. there are the well planned, "perfect" labors, some that are not at all what was expected. some home births, some hospital, some birth center, and some ones that turn into emergencies. she even chronicles her own 3rd pregnancy at age 41, adn her home delivery with a midwife who was her student. the mothers, fathers, babies,-you will love reading about all of them. recommended for every mother or mother to be.
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Summary: The most honest look at what childbirth is like!
Review: I read this book while nursing my firstborn child less than one month after his birth. I couldn't put it down! It was such an honest account of what happens during childbirth. It is the best description of what the experience is like that I have read. (I'm a children's librarian, and I have read a lot about childbirth since I became pregnant.)While first-time pregnant moms and dads may feel a little scared after reading this book, they'll definately know what to expect. They will also look forward to the moment, though, because Vincent describes the joys of childbirth as well as she descibes the pain and procedures associated with labor. It was better than ten childbirth classes in my opinion, and I've sat through those classes.
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Summary: Peggy took me along with her to each birth...
Review: Peggy Vincent is a remarkable story-teller. I felt I was right there with her as the telephone rang at 2:00 AM to call her to a laboring mom's bedside. I watched over Peggy's shoulder as she dealt with the rain and the cat and the roaring vacuum and the husband and the toddler that helped bring a new miracle into the world. Peggy Vincent paints memorable, colorful characters, and her birthing stories kept me on the edge of my seat. Baby Catcher is both a text-book about midwifery, and entertaining reading for general audiences. I highly recommend it.
Barbara Watson
Author, "Wake Up Barbara! And Help Me Find this Snake!"
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Summary: the way babies were meant to slip into this world
Review: this wonderful book shares the many fabulous stories of people who wanted to bring there babies into the world surrounded by love, trust and support. peggy vincent weaves her own experiences
into a genuine and heartfelt story while breaking down the stereotypes of a modern midwife. i would highly recommend this book to any woman planning a family or another child. i did not want this book to end!
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Summary: BABY CATCHER IS EXCELLENT
Review: This is one of the best books I have read in a long time. I really felt like I was with Peggy while she caught babies. I am in awe of what she does. I was sad when the book ended and can't wait for her next one! Get this book and you won't be sorry!
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Summary: One of the best books I've ever read, by far!!
Review: Stars, schmars. And 5 doesn't cut it. Peggy Vincent writes in a way that not only says, "Hi, I hope you enjoy my book," but she gently grabs your hand and invites you to "come on in". Every story envelopes you in with such detail, you can see the bougainvillea, smell the February rain, feel the contractions of hard labor, and hear the coo's of every newborn baby. It's a book you can't put down and don't want to end. I only wish she could by my bedtime story teller. So, just in case you still don't get it: READ THIS BOOK.
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Summary: The James Herriot of Birth Stories
Review: Peggy Vincent is the James Herriot of birth stories. And what's more interesting than a birth story? She's a compelling storyteller with a keen eye for detail and respect for all the diverse women whose births she's attended. Although each chapter is a perfect story in itself, each one is so delicious it's hard to put down.
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Summary: Didn't live up to the hype...
Review: Even though the reviews for this book weren't great, I decided to give it a go. At first the author seemed genuine, but as I read on I felt the author was more into self glorification than their craft of being a midwife. I wish I would have borrowed this book from the library instead of having purchased it in hardback.
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